Chortitza

English

Etymology

Via Plautdietsch or German, from Russian Хо́ртица (Xórtica) (cf. Ukrainian Хо́ртиця (Xórtycja)), the name of Khortytsia (the largest island in the Dnieper River).

Proper noun

Chortitza

1. A village (or colony of several villages) founded by German- / Mennonite Low German-speaking Mennonites in 1789 in what is now Ukraine.

Translations

Chortitza

• German: Chortiza (newer transliteration), Chortitza (older transliteration) (both German transliterations are from Russian)
• Russian: Хо́ртица (ru) (Xórtica)
• Ukrainian: Хо́ртиця (Xórtycja)

See also

• Molotschna